Grease-cup.



F. SPERY. snsAsE'hcuP.

APPLICATION FILEDA PR. Z 1917.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918 .INVENIUR: QMRLFS F. S ERK UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES F. SPERY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GREASE-CUP.

To all wkom z't may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. SPERY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Grease-Cups; and I do hereby declarethe following description of my saidinvention,

taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawing, forms a full, clear, and exact specification which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates generally to provements in grease cups; and it'consists,

essentially, in thenovel and peculiar combiemployed on machinery,- cars, automobiles,

and other motor vehicles. In this class of devices it is desirable that the container of the grease can be readily removed from, and returned to, the part of the cup which is generally permanently secured to that part of a machine that requires lubrication, and at the same time will not be unscrewed by vibration of the machinery on which the grease cup is used. Various devices have been employed to prevent this automatic unscrewing of the cup, which aremore or less effective, but I am not aware that one of these devices is as efiective, as simple, and as cheaply produced as my present device.

In the drawings which illustrate'my invention very fully, Figure 1 is anelevation of my improved grease cup. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the brake band employed in this device. Fig. 4 is a similar View showing a' modified construction of this brake band.

A, designates the male portion of this grease cup. It is a cup-shaped body having, prei'erably, a flaring, or funnel-shaped extension 12, terminating in a-shank 18, which is externally screw-threaded to facilitate the application of the grease cup to that Specification of Letters Iatent.

part of i a machinewhich-itis desired :to -1-u- .iPatentediJan. 1,. .1918."

Application filed April 2, 1917. Serial'No.1-59,184;

bricate, there being on this body apolygorial section 14, for the application of a wrench by which this body A may be securely screwed to the'said part of amachine. The

upper part of this body; A is 1 externally screw threaded to receive the female portion or cap of this grease-cup, which female part B, is a cup shaped container, internally screw threaded to engage the male thread on the body A, andwhich cuplhas externally or otherwise rougnene'dito facilitate the mathe upperterminal of the body A, thereis projecting beads '15, which may be knurled rotatably mounted a band C, which has a" comparatively deep rim 16,.which is split,

as at 17 and thena portion of this rim, ad-

jacent to the-split; is outwardly bent, I as at 18, to destroy'the circularity of the rim16,

or in other words,- to'mutilate-this'rimfor:

the purpose -'-hereinafter to be referred to. The web 19, ,-of;this ring C is perforated, as

at 20, and-centrally this web19 hasa downwardly extending hub 21, which is punctured by an angular opening 22, for the re-' ception of a correspondingly shaped pin or pintle 23, which is centrally secured to the bottom24, of the'cup B, the lower end of this pintle23 being pointed'or rounded, as

into the angular hole 22 ,o'f 'th'eband ,G.

necessary, a spring-wire, split-ring26, which as 25, to facilitate the entry'of the pin 23 is shaped to' fit' theinterior contour of the distorted rim-16.

WVhen this ring 0 is to be placed intothe cylindrical bore of the body A, the distorted portion 18 of itsrim is forced back to circular formto'enable its insertion into the cylindrical bore, but' owingto its springiness, or resiliency, this distorted portion 18 has a tendency toresume its distorted contour, and thereby to press with considerable force to further increase this pressure of the disagainstthe inner-wall ofthis bore, whichis" more than ample to prevent rotation of the ring 0, by vibration or jar, and coincidental therewith; the rotation of the-cup B.- But The function of the pintle is to rotate" the split ring G when the-cap. is turned; but it accomplishes the further result of serving as a guide to the cap B, when it is to be screwed onto the male portion A, so that the screw threads may properly start, which, in the absence of a pilot pin or other guide, is always more or less difficult to accomplish, especially to an inexperienced hand, and frequently causes the so-called crossing of the threads and the mutilation thereof.

T o fill the cup with grease, it is removed from the body A, and after being filled, it is returned to this body by screwing it onto the same. This causes displacement of the grease which will escape through the slots 20 and through the bore of the body A, designated by the numeral 27, to issue from the hole 28 in the lower terminal of the shank l3. Rotating the cup B slightly when lubrication is desired, will force more grease out of the cup until the contents thereof is exhausted and a refilling becomes necessary.

In manufacturing this grease cup it is possible, and probably the most satisfactory,

to produce both, the male and the female parts of the cup, in the process of deep drawing from a fiat sheet-metal, round, disk of. proper thickness; but the brake ring C had best be made in the process of casting from a hard metal possessing a certain degree ofresilience and malleability to stand the outward bending and rebending of the distorted portion 18. And since by the now well-developed art of die-casting so-called, it is probably more practical to produce the brake band C by this method, such a ring might possess the necessary resiliency to answer all requirements, but to produce this article by die casting and invest it with the desired resilience in case the metal used in this process is too soft for thi purpose, I modify the construction of the ring by omitting therefrom the distorted portion 18 shown in Fig. 3, and substitute in place thereof a separate segment 31,.of the rim 16, as illustrated in Fig. at, and employ the spring 26 to keep the inserted portion in contact with the inner wall of the cylindrical portion of the male part A, in which case the brake ring will be to all intents and purposes as effective as the one shown in Fig. 3.

Attention is now directed to the fact that the cup B, being held to the male portion of the grease cup by the distorted brake ring C, or the inserted segment 31 thereof, reinforced by the Wire spring 26, is held thereto by frictional contactwith the inner Wall of the cylindrical bore of the body A, so snugly that its unscrewing by jars or vibration of the machinery on which the grease cup is used, is practically an impossibility, while it does not interfere in any manner with the screwing on, or the unscrewing of the cap B when this becomes necessary or desirable, to refill the cup.

' WVhile I have hereinbefore described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be distinctly understood that changes in the details may be made Without departing from the scope of my invention as determined by the subjoined claims.

Having thus fully described this invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure to myself by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A grease cup, comprising, a male part having at one extremity an externally screwthreaded, cylindrical portion With an annu lar bore, and its other extremity externally screw-threaded for attachment of the device to a part of a machine, a cup in screwthreaded engagement with said male part, an angular pilot pin in said cup, and a brake ring in said annular bore and in engagement with said pilot pin, said brake ring being expansible and constructed to engage the lnner, smooth, wall of the cylindrical bore ofthe upper portion of the male member to frictionally resist the rotation of said cup.

2. A grease cup, comprising a male part having at one extremity an externally screwthreaded, cylindrical portion, said portion having an annular bore, there being at the other end of said male part an externally screw-threaded shank, a cup in screwthreaded engagement with said cylindrical portion, an angular pilot pin in said cup, and a split ring rotatably mounted in said annular bore, a portion of said ring being outwardly bent or distorted to offer resistance to the rotation of said ring and through the angular pilot pin to said cup.

3. A grease cup, comprising a male part, said male part having at one extremity an externally screw -threaded, cylindrical por' tion, said portion having an annular bore, a cup in screw-threaded engagement with said cylindrical portion, an angular pilot pin in said cup, and a split ring rotatably mounted in said annular bore, a portion of said ring being outwardly bent or distorted to offer resistance to the rotating of said ring, and a split, spring-Wire, ring in said split ring constructed to reinforce the ire-J sistance of the distorted portion of said split ring to assume circular form.

4. A grease cup, comprising a male part, said male part having at one extremity an externally screw-threaded, cylindrical portion, said portion havlng a circular bore, a

cup in screw-threaded engagement with said more openings surrounding said angular circular bore, an angular pilot pin in said bore, a portion of said rim being outwardly cup, and a split ring rotatably mounted in bent or distorted to offer resistance to the 10 said circular bore, said split ring comprisrotation of said split ring.

ing a web and a rim, there being in said In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Web a central angular passage for the recepmy invention, I have hereunto set my hand. tion of the angular pilot pin, and one or CHARLES F. SPERY.

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